Failures of the Legal Imagination

By Alan Watson

Book Overview

In this masterful choreography of legal philosophy, legal history, and comparative law, Alan Watson draws from ancient Roman, English, and French law to assess how lawmakers fail to envision ways to provide society with laws geared toward precise political or social goals.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081228089X
• ISBN13: 9780812280890
• Release Date: April 1988
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"